Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

It helps to know the general context of the war up to that point and shortly afterward. For instance, if you know that the Battle of Britain was about to begin, some of the scenes are a lot more meaningful. Tbh, if you know what a Spitfire is, you'll be fine. I'm a WWII nerd, so I probably overthink this stuff.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.